Local unemployment rate dips to 1.8 percent; job openings rise
Rapid City edged out Sioux Falls as the metro area with the country’s lowest unemployment rate.
Rapid City edged out Sioux Falls as the metro area with the country’s lowest unemployment rate.
Sioux Falls reclaimed its spot as the U.S. metro area with the lowest unemployment rate, now sharing it in February with Rapid City at 2.1 percent.
The unemployment rate in the Sioux Falls metro area rose to 2.1 percent in January from 1.9 percent in December.
The unemployment rate in the Sioux Falls metro area rose to 1.9 percent in December from 1.5 percent in November.
Unemployment rates for Sioux Falls and South Dakota were unchanged in November.
The unemployment rate in the Sioux Falls metro area rose to 1.5 percent in October from 1.4 percent in September but was still the lowest in the nation.
The unemployment rate in the Sioux Falls metro area fell to 1.4 percent in September from 1.9 percent in August, tying its record low and ranking as the lowest rate in the country.
The unemployment rate in the Sioux Falls metro area rose to 1.9 percent in August from 1.6 percent in July, but it was still the lowest rate in the country.
After three months of tying for the metro area with the lowest unemployment rate in the country, Sioux Falls claimed the No. 1 spot for itself in July.
While the unemployment rate in the Sioux Falls metro area ticked up to 1.9 percent in June, it’s still tied for the lowest spot in the country.